... generation and selection of < /b> fully human < /b> monoclonalantibodies (HuMAbs) specific for Page of < /b> SEB derived from human < /b> B- cell hybridomas These antibodies showed biological activity towards SEB in vitro ... individuals with anti-SEB serum antibody titers Bcells were isolated from the PBMC population using an EasySep human < /b> Bcell enrichment kit (StemCell Technologies) Bcells were cultured for days ... blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were used to determine the ability of < /b> HuMAbs to inhibit SEB-induced T -cell cytokine productionand measure their in vitro EC50 PBMCs isolated from blood drawn from...
... immature/transitional B cells, and that was more in accord with the levels expressed by memory cells An explanation for this could be that these cells represent a subset of < /b> memory cells lacking CD27, ... profound Bcell depletion there could be a re-enactment of < /b> early Bcell ontogeny and that the cells described in the report by Rouzière and coworkers [1] might represent mutated marginal zone Bcell ... the interplay and competition between these cellsand newly generated Bcells The growing availability of < /b> patients treated with Bcell depletion should allow investigators to understand the determinants...
... activate Bcells to produce anti-RNP1 antibodies (Abs) These Bcells then bind and process the RNP1 epitope present within RNP1+ proteins, such as U1-70K (in blue) and U1-A (in green), but also ... 131–151 peptide, we found no antibodies to dsDNA or chromatin, no antibodies to recombinant SmBB', and no clinical sign of < /b> autoimmunity Immunization of < /b> experimental rabbits and mouse models with the ... RNP1-proteins, such as U1-C (in yellow) and SmD1 (in pink) proteins This leads to the activation of < /b> Th andBcellsand results in the productionof < /b> diverse sets of < /b> auto -antibodies, which then deposit in...
... 41–96 B3 IS4 UK4 IU 89–376 B3 B3 B3 B3 3.5–6 B3 B3 IS4 BI 120–608 B3 B3 UK4 BU 40–68 B3 UK4 UK4 UK4 8–28 B3 UK4 IS4 UI 60–480 B3 UK4 B3 UB 2–20 IS4 B3 (Arg27aSer) B3 B3 a 48–60 B3 B3 (Arg27aSer) B3 B3 a ... one of < /b> the human < /b> monoclonal IgG antibodies IS4, B3 or UK4 and the CDR2 and CDR3 of < /b> a different one of < /b> these antibodies Two hybrid VL chains (BU and UB) had previously been made by Dr Haley and ... IS4 74–80 IS4VHi B3 B3 B3 24–54 IS4VHii B3 B3 B3 30 IS4VHiii B3 B3 B3 30–34 IS4VHiv B3 B3 B3 28–30 IS4VHx B3 B3 B3 32–34 IS4VHi&ii B3 B3 B3 32–47 IgG concentrations in COS-7 cell supernatants...
... 2004) Besides using EBV to immortalize human < /b> B cells, an alternative approach to obtain human < /b> Bcell lines as a source of < /b> human < /b> mAbs involve the expression of < /b> Bcell lymphoma-6 (Bcl-6) and BCL-xL ... frequency of < /b> antigen-specific cellsand eliminates the need for extensive subcloning Another group combined EBV immortalization < /b> of < /b> human < /b> Bcells with hybridoma-based technology to obtain human < /b> hybridomas ... antibody-secreting cells These Bcells that secrete antibodies can be further separated into short-lived plasmablasts and longlived plasma cells Both memory and antibody-secreting Bcells have been utilized in...
... of < /b> transformation of < /b> Bcells with EBV 94 3.2 Optimization of < /b> cloning of < /b> EBV immortalized Bcells 95 3.3 Markers of < /b> immortalized Bcells 97 3.4 Heat-killed DV neither enhanced Bcell growth nor ... Sequences of < /b> IgG genes extracted from EBV-infected Bcells suggest reactivation of < /b> SHM 5.3 Upregulation of < /b> AID in EBV infected Bcells 117 119 Chapter – Productionof < /b> neutralizing recombinant human < /b> monoclonal ... blot of < /b> 14C10 mAb binds to E protein of < /b> DV1 Figure 7.10 Western blot and native gel of < /b> 14C10 mAb against DIII of < /b> E protein of < /b> DV 138 139 xiii Figure 7.11 Graph of < /b> binding affinities of < /b> 14C10 Fab,...
... example, up to 50 % of < /b> all CD8+ cells in the blood are cytotoxic T cells that are against cells replicating EBV The major targets for these cells are most probably memory Bcells which have initiated ... attachment of < /b> EBV to Bcells EBNA-LP is encoded by the leader of < /b> each of < /b> the EBNA mRNAs Molecular genetic analysis indicates that although not required for Bcellimmortalization < /b> in vitro, EBNA-LP ... engagement of < /b> the lytic or latent program of < /b> the virus The proteins are six EBV nuclear antigens (EBNA1, EBNA2, EBNA3A, EBNA 3B, EBNA3C) and EBNA leader protein (EBNA-LP)) and three latent membrane...
... influences both proliferation and antibody productionof < /b> Bcells during the early phase of < /b> CIA, but not induction of < /b> Th1 or Th17 cells Materials and methods Animals andcells Male DBA/1 mice and female ... mAbs not inhibit H-ferritin binding to activated Bcells Purified splenic Bcells were stimulated with the combination of < /b> anti-IgM, anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody (mAb), and IL-4 for 72 hours Cells ... Expression of < /b> TIM-2 on CD4 T andBcells (a) Expression of < /b> T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain (TIM)-2 on activated CD4 T cells Purified splenic CD4 T cells were stimulated by immobilized anti-CD3 monoclonal...
... follicular Bcells (Fo), the marginal zone Bcells (MZ), and the B- in population The percentage of < /b> each population is shown The percentage of < /b> B- in cells within this B2 20+/IgM+ fraction from PLN (C), and ... expanding and collapsed PLN, we investigated these features in ipsilateral PLN and ILN Tissue sections were immunostained for both Bcellsand lymphatic endothelial cells with labeled antibodies ... antibody FITC-anti-rabbit IgG (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA) or PE-anti-rabbit IgG (Invitrogen) To assess colocalization of < /b> Bcells within lymphatic vessels, IHC photographs were taken and then...
... plasmid pBlueBac4.5 (Invitrogen), to produce the recombinant plasmids pBBHD2L and pBBHD2S These plasmids were then co-transfected with Bac-N-BlueTM DNA (Invitrogen) in Sf9 insect cells, and underwent ... after exposure of < /b> the membranes to Hybond-ECL X-ray film (Amersham) Binding of < /b> Eu3+ chelate-labelled antibodies Experiments were conducted using whole Sf9 and HEK293 cells or by using membranes prepared ... Eu3+-labelled anti-FLAG Ig and XL665-labelled anti-FLAG Ig (CIS bio international) antibodies (2.5 nM each) The experiments were conducted as described above for whole cellsandcell membranes...
... polyclonal profile of < /b> induced clonotypes, with BV2, BV10, BV12 and BV14 being present on over 60% of < /b> the animals, followed next in appearance by BV8S3 and BV11, present in 50% of < /b> the mice B) As disease ... mice reconstituted with Bcells (white bars), and diabetic NOD.Igμnull mice reconstituted with Bcells (grey bars) subsets of < /b> T cells, in comparison to age-matched B- cell reconstituted NOD.Igμ ... number of < /b> CD19+ Bcells circulating in blood post-reconstitution in NOD.Igμnull mice varied from to 13%, with no correlation of < /b> higher blood Bcellsand diabetes onset (data not shown) B cell...
... polyclonal profile of < /b> induced clonotypes, with BV2, BV10, BV12 and BV14 being present on over 60% of < /b> the animals, followed next in appearance by BV8S3 and BV11, present in 50% of < /b> the mice B) As disease ... mice reconstituted with Bcells (white bars), and diabetic NOD.Igμnull mice reconstituted with Bcells (grey bars) subsets of < /b> T cells, in comparison to age-matched B- cell reconstituted NOD.Igμ ... number of < /b> CD19+ Bcells circulating in blood post-reconstitution in NOD.Igμnull mice varied from to 13%, with no correlation of < /b> higher blood Bcellsand diabetes onset (data not shown) B cell...
... total Bcells (b) (***) naive Bcells (**) (**) (**) 60,4 % CD20 75 75 50 memory Bcells 50 25 naive Bcellscell frequency [%] CD27 38,4 % plasma cells 100 25 1,2% 100 OA RA SLE memory Bcells ... on Bcell subpopulations The percentage of < /b> total B cells, naive B cells, memory Bcellsand plasma cells subpopulations expressing CXCR5+ are given Box plots show the median values, 25th and ... The percentage of < /b> CXCR3hi and CXCR5+ Bcells is shown for total Bcellsand the subpopulation of < /b> naive Bcells Box plots show the median values, 25th and 75th quartile and the range of < /b> values Significant...
... Immunocytochemical analysisof < /b> salivary epithelial cellsCells were obtained from minor salivary glands (a–e) and the HSG cell line (f–i) Positive cells staining for cytokeratin (a) and cytokeratin 19 (b) and ... whether soluble forms of < /b> BAFF could be secreted by epithelial cells At baseline and after stimulation with IL-10 and with TNF-α, ELISA detected no soluble BAFF in cells from patients with pSS and from ... excluded the possibility of < /b> contamination with myeloid cells, B cells, T cells or myoepithelial cells (Figure 2d–h) The HSG cell line had exactly the same staining pattern as epithelial cells from patients...
... HLA-DR+ Bcells both in the PB and the BM of < /b> RA patients Favorable response to rituximab therapy preceded by a decrease in CD19+CD27+ memory Bcells in peripheral blood and bone marrow of < /b> RA patients ... cytometry analysisof < /b> PB CD19+ Bcells in a RA patient at baseline (left) and after 12 weeks of < /b> rituximab treatment (right) (c) Rituximab depletes activated CD19+HLA-DR+ Bcells both in the PB and ... population of < /b> memory Bcells both in the PB and in the BM of < /b> RA patients Depletion of < /b> total and activated Bcells is a specific effect of < /b> rituximab therapy To test whether B- cell depletion is specific...
... RG: Stimulation by human < /b> interleukin of < /b> cartilage breakdown andproductionof < /b> collagenase and proteoglycanase by human < /b> chondrocytes but not by human < /b> osteoblasts in vitro Biochim Biophys Acta 1984, ... activation of < /b> NF- B is the phosphorylation and degradation of < /b> I B , the natural blocker of < /b> NF- B [53,54] To test whether inhibition of < /b> IL-1β-induced NF- B activation occurs through inhibition of < /b> I B ... Singh S, Myers JN, Aggarwal BB: Inhibition of < /b> growth and survival of < /b> human < /b> head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells by curcumin via modulation of < /b> nuclear factor-kappaB signaling Int J Cancer...
... CD3+T cells from PB of < /b> healthy individuals stained with TCR Vb13-specific antibody and imaged by LSM (×630) A) CD3+T cells transduced with Vb13-IRES-TCR Va6 recombinant plasmid and stained by FITC-TCR ... vector bIa yielded a better function of < /b> human < /b> antigen-specific TCR-redirected T cells than did vector aIb Cytotoxicity of < /b> TCR gene-transduced CD3+T cells against Toledo cells by two types of < /b> TCR ... in human < /b> CD3+T cells TCR gene-transduced CD3+T cells were stained with a TCR Vb13-specific antibody and analyzed by flow cytometry The numbers indicate the percentage of < /b> TCR Vb13-positive cells...
... assays of < /b> PBMCs from healthy human < /b> donors with irradiated HTLV-1 producer cells (SLB-1) in the presence or absence of < /b> IL-2 Viable cells were counted by trypan blue exclusion and the results are shown ... presence of < /b> IL-2 (A), in the absence of < /b> IL-2 (B) and for MT-2 cells (C) The data showed that PTHrP was up-regulated in PBMCs following HTLV-1 infection by the activation of < /b> both the P2 and P3 promoters ... Up-regulation of < /b> PTH1R in PBMCs at weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13 following HTLV-1 infection in the presence or absence of < /b> IL-2 compared to day 0; controls and are PBMC-1 and PBMC-2; controls and are PBMC-1...